Smallpox Alert
Authors: J. D. MILLAR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Editorial Notes1 June 1967Smallpox AlertJ. D. MILLAR, M.D.J. D. MILLAR, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-6-1289 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAn ancient enemy is staging a brisk comeback this year. During the first 3 months of 1967, 11,270 cases of smallpox were reported to the World Health Organization in contrast with 8,457 for the same period in 1966. Almost all of this increase is due to the resurgence of epidemic smallpox in the Indian subcontinent (1). From India, 7,993 cases were reported during the first 3 months, twice as many as for the same period last year. A major epidemic numbering over 1,200 reported cases developed in Bombay.The relevance of this to the "smallpox-free" world became clear in February...References1. Smallpox Eradication Program Surveillance Report, No. 7. National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, April 24 1967, pp. 1-5. Google Scholar2. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 16 (10). National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, March 11 1967, p. 84. Google Scholar3. Ibid., (11) March 18, 1967, p. 87. Google Scholar4. Ibid., (12) March 25, 1967, pp. 93-94. Google Scholar5. BAROYANSERENKO OVAF: The smallpox outbreak in Moscow in 1959-1960. Zh. Mikrobiol. 32: 672, 1961. Google Scholar6. ANDRESPOSCH WJ: Die Pockenausbrüche 1961/62 in Nordrhein—Westfalen. Bundesgesundheitsblatt 17: 265, 1962. Google Scholar7. Smallpox 1961. Ministry of Health Reports on Public Health and Medical Subjects No. 109. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1964. Google Scholar8. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 12 (32). National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, August 16 1963, p. 268. Google Scholar9. KOSTRZEWSKIMAGDZIK JW: [The epidemic of smallpox in Poland in the years 1953-1963] (Pol). Przegl. Epidem. 18: 141, 1964. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. IRONSSULLIVANCOOKCOXHALE JVTDEBGRA: Outbreak of smallpox in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in 1949. Amer. J. Public Health 43: 25, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 11 (33). Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, August 24 1962, p. 258. Google Scholar12. PALMQUIST EE: The 1949 smallpox experience in Seattle. Canad. J. Public Health 38: 213, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. WIENSTEIN I: An outbreak of smallpox in New York City. Amer. J. Public Health 37: 1376, 1947. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. National Program for the Vaccination of Hospital Workers Against Smallpox. Available as pamphlet No. 3770, 1966, American Hospital Association, 840 N. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Ill. (Single copies free.) Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAN IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM FOR DOMICILIARIES (CHRONIC DISEASE FACILITIES)* 1 June 1967Volume 66, Issue 6Page: 1289-1290KeywordsGlobal health Issue Published: 1 June 1967 PDF downloadLoading ...